Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was there a secret reason that made them hanker for a new life in a new world ? |
| 2 | Swindle was too crude , for if the plan worked , no one would lose a penny ; all that would have happened was that a few banks would inadvertently have lent them money for an undefined period . |
| 3 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 4 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |
| 5 | So began my search for a suitable bird . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll probably report me , and that will be the end of my search for a perfect summer . ’ |
| 7 | I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | Ill just go out of the house without a word , and stay at my club for a few days . |
| 9 | Having applied in June 1991 for recognition of my doctorate , which I obtained in Paris , I presented my candidacy for a CSIC post as a palaeobotanist . |
| 10 | During my annual medical check-up in 1987 , Dr Dingle discovered a blood irregularity , but as I was fighting fit he said it was probably just a virus and I was to forget about it during my impending holiday and to see him on my return for a second blood test . |
| 11 | So I decide to hold my peace for a little while longer . |
| 12 | I have almost no social life , free only when my disabled mother can manage my child for a few hours . |
| 13 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 14 | So I came out of my room for a little walk along the gallery . |
| 15 | I 'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while . |
| 16 | To paddle around Laguna Chica enjoying the idle drift of time , the depth of natural silence ; to go and rest my head for a last time between the fifteen-foot-high buttresses of Big Tree … |
| 17 | She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together . |
| 18 | I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time . |
| 19 | Can you imagine my flat for a whole week to myself ? |
| 20 | ‘ Stay in my flat for a few days and enjoy what you can of the Carnival . |
| 21 | I do n't remember what the occasion was — maybe it was my first day at school , or maybe I was staying with my aunt for a few days … ’ |
| 22 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 23 | I have to drop the work on the catalogue and get into my studio for a few hours each day to carry further a painting which began as a request : it is called ‘ War Games ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Look at this skin ! ’ commands Dame Edna Everage , grabbing my hand for an exploratory stroke . |
| 25 | She lies on top of me , breathing hard , head on my shoulder for a few minutes , then she stirs , pulls herself up so that I flop out of her and her hard little nipples stroke my chest . |
| 26 | SUZANNE , 19 , had visited my surgery for a second time in five days . |
| 27 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 28 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 29 | I am a recent subscriber , having recently renewed my subscription for a second year and I have enjoyed every issue that has come to me in the post . |
| 30 | He was to be my minder for an initial trial which would give me three laps in one of the school 's Escort XRi 's under his instruction , three laps with him driving and five laps in a single-seat Formula First racing car . |